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Complementary and alternative medicine Medicine Quackery Science Science fiction/fantasy

Your Friday Dose of Woo: Can somebody get me some frickin’ laser beams with my Reiki?

Regular readers of this blog are probably aware of my general opinion about Reiki and other “energy healing” modalities. In short, they’re woo, pure and simple. Consequently, one might reasonably ask why I’ve never featured the woo that is Reiki in Your Friday Dose of Woo. There’s a simple reason for that. Basic Reiki is […]

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Medicine Politics Science

Animal “rights” terrorism, revisited

I’ve written before about how animal rights cranks have started resorting to terroristic tactics in order to intimidate or frighten researchers into ceasing to do animal research. As you may guess, I have little but contempt for the Animal Liberation Front (is that anything like the People’s Front of Judea or the Judean People’s Front?) […]

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Biology Evolution Intelligent design/creationism Medicine Pseudoscience Science Skepticism/critical thinking

More nonsense about bacterial resistance: Why a little medical knowledge is a dangerous thing in the hands of “intelligent design” creationists

It’s been a while since I’ve visited the cesspool that is Uncommon Descent, a.k.a. Bill Dembski’s home for wandering sycophants, toadies, and lackeys. There’s a good reason for this; I just get tired of the sheer stupidity that routinely assaults my brain every time I make the mistake of taking a look at UD’s latest […]

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Evolution Intelligent design/creationism Medicine Pseudoscience Science Skepticism/critical thinking Surgery

Stop it! Just stop it, Discovery Institute!

I really, really wish the Discovery Institute would stop putting out idiocy like this: We have blogged in the past about the growing numbers of doctors who are skeptical of Darwinian evolution to explain the complexity of life. Those numbers are continuing to grow, and conesquently doctors are beginning to organize themselves and reach out […]

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Cancer Evolution Medicine Politics Pseudoscience Religion Science Skepticism/critical thinking

What a lot of it boils down to when it comes to antiscience

After a long run of arguing against global warming and indoor smoking bans, it appears that our favorite Libertarian comic with a penchant for bad arguments and ad hominem attacks on scientists has temporarily left the field of blog combat in a huff of “giving up” that reminds me of a certain Black Knight telling […]